Pork Menudo

Prep time 10 mins
Cook time 60 mins
Total time 1 hour 10 mins

Ingredients

2 lbs. pork
¼ lb. pig liver
1 cup potatoes, diced
1 medium carrot, cubed
½ cup soy sauce
½ piece lemon
1 small onion, chopped
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon sugar
¾ cup tomato sauce
1 cup water
4 pieces hotdogs, sliced diagonally
2 tablespoons cooking oil
2 to 3 pieces dried bay leaves
Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

Combine pork, soysauce, and lemon in a bowl. Marinate for at least 1 hour.
Heat oil in a pan
Saute garlic and onion.
Add the marinated pork. Cook for 5 to 7 minutes.
Pour in tomato sauce and water and then add the bay leaves.Let boil and simmer for 30 minutes to an hour depending on the toughness of the pork. Note: Add water as necessary.
Add-in the liver and hot dogs.Cook for 5 minutes.
Put-in potatoes, carrots, sugar,salt, and pepper. Stir and cook for 8 to 12 minutes.
Serve. Share and enjoy!
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 6

Maja Blanca Recipe

Prep time 8 mins
Cook time 35 mins
Total time 43 mins

Ingredients

4 cups coconut milk
¾ cup cornstarch
14 ounces condensed milk
¾ cup fresh milk
¾ cup granulated sugar
15 ounces whole sweet kernel corn
5 tbsp toasted grated coconut

Instructions

Pour the coconut milk in a cooking pot and bring to a boil.
Add the sugar, condensed milk, and whole sweet kernel corn then stir until all the ingredients are evenly distributed.
Simmer for 8 minutes
Combine the fresh milk and cornstarch then whisk until the cornstarch is diluted
Pour the fresh milk and cornstarch mixture in the cooking pot and stir thoroughly.
Allow to cook while stirring until the mixture reaches your desired thickness
Pour the mixture in a serving tray then arrange and flatten the top using a flat tool such as a wooden spatula
Allow to cool down then refrigerate for at least 1 hour
Garnish with toasted grated coconut (or latik if available)
Serve cold. Share and enjoy!

Serving size: 8

Chicken Afritada

Prep time12 mins
Cook time 60 mins
Total time1 hour 12 mins

Ingredients

2 lbs chicken, cut into serving pieces
1 large potato, quartered
1 large carrot, sliced
1 large bell pepper, sliced
1 cup green peas
8 ounces tomato sauce
4 cloves garlic, minced
4 pieces hotdogs, sliced
1 medium onion, diced
1¼ cups chicken broth or stock
2 pieces dried bay leaves
1 teaspoon granulated white sugar
4 tablespoons cooking oil
Salt and ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

Pour-in cooking oil in a cooking pot or casserole then apply heat.
Pan-fry the chicken until the color turns light brown (about 3 minutes per side).
Remove the chicken from the cooking pot.
On the same cooking pot, sauté garlic and onions.
Put-in the sliced hotdogs and pan-fried chicken then cook for a minute.
Pour-in tomato sauce and chicken stock then add bay leaves. Simmer for 30 to 40 minutes.
Add the potato and carrots then simmer for 7 minutes or until the vegetables are soft.
Put-in the bell pepper, green peas, salt, sugar, and ground black pepper then cook for 3 minutes more.
Turn-off heat then transfer to a serving plate.
Serve with steamed rice. Share and enjoy!
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 6

Leche Flan Recipe

Prep time10 mins
Cook time45 mins
Total time55 mins

Ingredients

10 pieces raw eggs
1 small can condensed milk
1 cup fresh milk (or evaporated milk)
1 cup granulated sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions
Using all the eggs, separate the yolk from the egg white (only egg yolks will be used).
Place the egg yolks in a big bowl then beat them using a fork or an egg beater
Add the condensed milk and mix thoroughly
Pour-in the fresh milk and Vanilla. Mix well
Put the mold (llanera) on top of the stove and heat using low fire
Put-in the granulated sugar on the mold and mix thoroughly until the solid sugar turns into liquid (caramel) having a light brown color. Note: Sometimes it is hard to find a Llanera (Traditional flan mold) depending on your location. I find it more convenient to use individual Round Pans in making leche flan.
Spread the caramel (liquid sugar) evenly on the flat side of the mold
Wait for 5 minutes then pour the egg yolk and milk mixture on the mold
Cover the top of the mold using an Aluminum foil
Steam the mold with egg and milk mixture for 30 to 35 minutes.
After steaming, let the temperature cool down then refrigerate
Serve for dessert. Share and Enjoy!

Serves: 6

Ginataang Bilo bilo with Langka

*Prep time 5 mins
*Cook time 40 mins
*Total time 45 mins


Ingredients

20 to 25 pieces glutinous rice balls (Bilo-bilo)
1 (20 oz.) can ripe jackfruit
2 cups water
2 cups coconut cream
¾ cup granulated white sugar
1½ cups cooked sago

Instructions

Pour the water in a cooking pot. Bring to a boil.
Add the coconut cream. Stir and cook until the mixture starts to boil again.
Gradually stir-in the sugar.
Add the ripe jackfruit. Cover and cook in low heat for 15 minutes.
Add-in the bilo-bilo. Continue to cook for another 15 minutes while stirring every 3 minutes.
Put-in the sago. Cook for 5 to 8 minutes more.
Transfer to a serving bowl. Serve.
Share and enjoy!

Serving size: 6

Pork Giniling Recipe

*Prep time 10 mins

*Cook time 40 mins

*Total time 50 mins

Ingredients

1½ lb ground pork

1½ cups potatoes, diced

1 cup carrots, diced

8 ounces tomato sauce

6 cloves garlic, crushed

1 medium-sized onion, minced

1 teaspoon granulated sugar

1 piece beef or pork cube

4 boiled eggs, shelled (optional)

Salt and pepper to taste

3 tabspoons cooking oil

1 cup water

Instructions

Heat a cooking pot and pour-in the cooking oil.

When the oil is hot enough, put-in the garlic and sauté until the color turns light brown.

Add the onions and sauté until the texture becomes soft.

Put-in the ground pork and cook for 5 minutes.

Add the beef or pork cube, tomato sauce, and water and let boil. Simmer for 20 minutes.

Put the carrots and potatoes in then stir until every ingredient is properly distributed. Simmer for 10 to 12 minutes.

Add salt, ground black pepper, and sugar then stir.

Put in the boiled eggs and turn off the heat.

Transfer to a serving bowl and serve.

Share and enjoy!

Nutrition Information

Serving size: 6